# To the Troll who keeps starting new "woe is me" threads: get a new hobby **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629 "2015-01-22T22:54:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/1 "2015-01-22T22:54:44Z")
Can we please do a bit more about this extremely persistent troll? There are several active threads in IMHO and MPSIMS started or bumped by the same troll under different identities, all about their relationship woes and how their new boyfriend/girlfriend is unfairly breaking their heart, and there have been over a dozen in the last month or so. It’s obviously the same person with the same MO who keeps posting over and over again, only to drop the thread after a while to start a new one under a new identity. It’s highly annoying and it’s also annoying to see so many posters stumble all over themselves to counsel and support the pathetic troll’s latest identity. I could link to several of these threads, but what would be the point? The troll would just start new ones. Can you all level up a bit in trollspotting? Because these latest ones are pretty sad. If you see a poster with a join date of this month post a rambling tale of woe about their horrible relationship or lifestyle troubles, can you stop a moment and think about how likely it is that this one, unlike the last 27, is a real person? ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/2 "2015-01-22T23:14:11Z")
I hope it’s a troll, honestly. I’ve been through a situation with someone where they keep telling slightly different stories about events in their relationship in the hopes that that the audience will tell them what they want to hear about it. It didn’t end well. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/3 "2015-01-23T00:17:56Z")
> [@CinnamonBabka](#): > > I hope it’s a troll, honestly. I’ve been through a situation with someone where they keep telling slightly different stories about events in their relationship in the hopes that that the audience will tell them what they want to hear about it. It didn’t end well. Yeah, not everybody’s cut out for stand-up. ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/4 "2015-01-23T00:23:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah, not everybody’s cut out for stand-up. > **[Welcome to Instant Rimshot](http://instantrimshot.com/)** > > If you need quick access to an ironicly-placed rimshot sound to mock your friends, or a genuinely-placed rimshot to put your great joke over the top, you've come to the right place. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/5 "2015-01-23T00:43:55Z")
> [@CinnamonBabka](#): > > I hope it’s a troll, honestly. I’ve been through a situation with someone where they keep telling slightly different stories about events in their relationship in the hopes that that the audience will tell them what they want to hear about it. It didn’t end well. Of course this troll is a troll, because it isn’t just one thread, it’s a dozen, all started as their first post by brand new posters, all about relationship woes or shitty behavior. And the quality has gone down substantially. The morbidly obese character who freaked out when their three year old niece tried to take a piece of their broccoli? Comedy gold, Jerry. The boyfriend who screams at you for being an alcoholic because you got drunk one time? Lame. Look, I know it’s a lot of work crafting these troll threads, and not every single one can be a thing of beauty. But if its too much work to bother to create a decent one, then why do it at all? Either compose a decent troll post or STFU. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/6 "2015-01-23T00:59:26Z")
Then there is the sock who is constantly getting anally raped while unconscious. ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/7 "2015-01-23T01:11:31Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Of course this troll is a troll, because it isn’t just one thread, it’s a dozen, all started as their first post by brand new posters, all about relationship woes or shitty behavior. And the quality has gone down substantially. The morbidly obese character who freaked out when their three year old niece tried to take a piece of their broccoli? Comedy gold, Jerry. The boyfriend who screams at you for being an alcoholic because you got drunk one time? Lame. > > Look, I know it’s a lot of work crafting these troll threads, and not every single one can be a thing of beauty. But if its too much work to bother to create a decent one, then why do it at all? Either compose a decent troll post or STFU. I guess quite a few were before my time, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/8 "2015-01-23T01:41:44Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Then there is the sock who is constantly getting anally raped while unconscious. Classic! If you _have to ask_ if you’ve been butt-fucked, well, lets just say you should probably brush your teeth, too. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/9 "2015-01-23T01:50:49Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Then there is the sock who is constantly getting anally raped while unconscious. 😕Socks have anuses? Heh personally that multi page rambling screed about their uncouth nephews with hair too short to be presentable was pretty good, assuming it was fake. ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/10 "2015-01-23T02:01:51Z")
Why not just ignore the offending posts? Don’t let others control you, take control and be proactive by recognizing a troll post and moving beyond it. If others with to feed the troll that is their prerogative and nothing will change that. It is a free public forum after all. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/11 "2015-01-23T02:58:46Z")
> [@HeXen](#): > > Why not just ignore the offending posts? Don’t let others control you, take control and be proactive by recognizing a troll post and moving beyond it. If others with to feed the troll that is their prerogative and nothing will change that. It is a free public forum after all. On many message boards individual guests can limit whose posts they see. Think someone is only here for attention? One click and all their posts are now blocked for that user. It really seems like they only way to end trolling is to give us the resources to stop feeding them. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/12 "2015-01-23T03:54:25Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Then there is the sock who is constantly getting anally raped while unconscious. But IS he?? ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/13 "2015-01-23T07:44:46Z")
> [@grude](#): > > 😕Socks have anuses? Where else would you insert your feet? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/14 "2015-01-23T08:46:49Z")
> [@Archeonomist](#): > > Where else would you insert your feet? HAHAHAHAHA! Yes, one long anus with an expressionless stitch face at the front. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/15 "2015-01-23T12:58:43Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > HAHAHAHAHA! Yes, one long anus with an expressionless stitch face at the front. 😃 I’m not sure I’d call this -\> :eek: expressionless! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/16 "2015-01-23T13:13:11Z")
I thought all teenage boy’s socks got ‘anally raped while unconscious.’ It’s why every mom delicately picks them up with only two fingers. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/17 "2015-01-23T13:35:30Z")
> [@HeXen](#): > > Why not just ignore the offending posts? Don’t let others control you, take control and be proactive by recognizing a troll post and moving beyond it. If others with to feed the troll that is their prerogative and nothing will change that. It is a free public forum after all. Yeah… yeah, that’s… good advice. _\_ ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/18 "2015-01-23T13:48:13Z")
You know it could be a whole new form of trolling. It could be Cecil himself trolling his own boards. To distract his ever diminishing audience from noticing the dropping membership, or increasing lack of interesting daily traffic. So, when things get frightfully dull, they interject some stupid thread with a made up OP who never makes a second post, but hits everybody’s buttons and, most importantly, increases traffic and presents the appearance of on going new blood and / or new dilemma. That’s right, it’s conspiracy theory time!😃 let’s see what you got! ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/19 "2015-01-23T14:43:50Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Classic! If you _have to ask_ if you’ve been butt-fucked, well, lets just say you should probably brush your teeth, too. And you might consider using a brand-new toothbrush, just in case… ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629/20 "2015-01-23T14:46:08Z")
> [@grude](#): > > 😕Socks have anuses? Semi-related: a friend posted this on FB. He’s a very odd lad. NSFW… [You can shag an ankle.](http://uniladmag.com/nsfw/fancy-shagging-a-foot-youre-in-luck/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629.md?page=2)